Yeah, But They Got Him

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Yeah, But They Got Him, continued What Does That Mean?, refers to a scene from the 2024 comedy TV series Ted in which protagonist John Bennett reminisces about an Indian student who studied at his school last year until "they got him," opting not to elaborate when asked about what "they got him" means. In January 2024, a screencap of the scene achieved virality online as a reaction image and caption meme format.

Origin

On January 11th, 2024, the first episode of the Ted comedy series premiered.^[1] In the first episode of the series, Ted, an anthropomorphic teddy bear voiced by Seth MacFarlane, and his friend Josh Bennet, portrayed by actor Max Burkholder, converse about diversity at their new school, with Josh mentioning that last year the school had an Indian student and adding that "they got him." Ted then asks Josh to elaborate, but he dodges the question.

- Oh, last year we had an Indian kid.
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah, but they got him.
- What does that mean?
- I liked him, too.
- What do you mean "they got him"?
- He used to share his Dunkaroos. Good guy.

On January 14th, X^[2] / Twitter user @AZUREDRAG0NS0NG posted four screencaps of the scene, with the post garnering over 7,300 reposts and 119,000 likes in one month (shown below).

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On January 18th, 2024, X^[3] user @poisonjr made the earliest post that used the screencap as a reaction image. The quoted post, made by X user @FunnyTerro, is no longer available. The quote received over 2,600 reposts and 54,000 likes in one month (shown below).

The post was followed by other users on X using the screencaps as a caption format and as reaction images. For example, on January 19th, X^[4] user @hiddenhush made a post that received over 280 reposts and 2,500 likes in one month (shown below, left). On January 20th, 2024, user @DPlexHD posted a joke about the Clone High comedy series that garnered over 110 reposts and 900 likes on X^[5] in the same timeframe (shown below, right).

On January 23rd, 2024, X^[6] user @DNCHI77 used the image to react to a rumor that Nintendo had contacted a Palword modder, with the post gaining over 6,000 reposts and 70,000 likes in one month (restored version shown below).

More notable memes using the screencaps were posted on social media in January and February 2024.

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